examplefarm date March 2010 Wiktionary A misnomer is a word or term which suggests a meaning that is known to be wrong. Misnomers often arise because the thing named received its name long before its true nature was known. A misnomer may also be simply a word that is used incorrectly or misleadingly. ref name Garner cite book title Garner s Modern American Usage last Garner first Bryan edition 3rd page 542 year 2009 publisher Oxford University Press location New York isbn 978 0 19 538275 4 page542 url ref Misnomer does not mean Understanding misunderstanding or List of common misconceptions popular misconception . ref name Garner Sources of misnomers Some of the sources of misnomers are An older name being retained as the thing named evolved e.g. pencil lead , tin can , fixed income market , mince meat pie , steamroller , tin foil , clothes iron , digital darkroom . This is essentially a metaphorical extension with the older item standing for anything filling its role. BY CONSENSUS, THE NUMBER OF EXAMPLES IS LIMITED. DO NOT ADD NEW ITEMS WITHOUT CONSENSUS. Transference of a well known product brand name into a genericized trademark e.g. Xerox for photocopy , Kleenex for Facial tissue tissue or Jell o for gelatin dessert . BY CONSENSUS, THE NUMBER OF EXAMPLES IS LIMITED. DO NOT ADD NEW ITEMS WITHOUT CONSENSUS. An older name being retained even in the face of newer information e.g. Chinese checkers , Arabic numerals . BY CONSENSUS, THE NUMBER OF EXAMPLES IS LIMITED. DO NOT ADD NEW ITEMS WITHOUT CONSENSUS. Pars pro toto , or a name being applied to something which only covers part of a region. The name Holland is often used to refer to the Netherlands while it only designates a part of that country sometimes people refer to the suburbs of a metropolis with the name of the biggest city in the metropolis. BY CONSENSUS, THE NUMBER OF EXAMPLES IS LIMITED. DO NOT ADD NEW ITEMS WITHOUT CONSENSUS. A name being based on a similarity in a particular aspect e.g. meteoroid shooting ... more details
primary sources date August 2011 Misnomer template name The Madison Misnomer image Image Misnomer First Issue.jpg 200px caption The front page of the first issue of The Madison Misnomer . motto Vestra Pessima Feceritis mottoeng Do Your Worst patron saint Genesius of Rome type Quarterly newspaper format Tabloid newspaper format Tabloid foundation 2007 ceased publication owners publisher editor chiefeditor ... www.madisonmisnomer.com The Madison Misnomer is a quarterly undergraduate newspaper published at the University ... last Cheng first Vincent title Madison Misnomer goes through hoops to equally offend everyone Satirical ... artsetc 2010 03 24 madison misnomer goe.php date March 24, 2010 newspaper The Badger Herald accessdate 11 July 2011 postscript None ref History The Madison Misnomer was launched in 2007 by Joshua ... not having a humor publication was an anachronism . ref name The Madison Misnomer online About Us http madisonmisnomer.com About.html The Madison Misnomer online About Us . Retrieved 11 July ... news newspaper The Madison Misnomer Madison, Wis. s.n. , 2008 . ref Campus service Fall 2011 Produced the Madison Misnomer Radio Hour, a comedy, news, and arts talk show on UW Madison s student radio ... 1300 the madison misnomer The Madison Misnomer Show Page Retrieved 20 February 2012 ref Host radio .... 2010 & 2011 Creator of special Misnomer edition program for UW MadHatters ref Cite news last Cheng first Vincent title Madison Misnomer goes through hoops to equally offend everyone Satirical newspaper ... 2010 03 24 madison misnomer goe.php date March 24, 2010 newspaper The Badger Herald accessdate 11 July 2011 postscript None ref 2011 Presenter of All Campus Party Comedy Bash ref name Madison Misnomer ... 1 97 3215 3252 3398&pageid 17162&processor content Madison Misnomer , Titanic Players, Understudies ... http www.madisonmisnomer.com The Madison Misnomer University of Wisconsin Madison Big Ten Student Newspapers DEFAULTSORT Madison Misnomer, The Category Student newspapers published in Wisconsin Category ... more details
File Robert Island location map.png thumb Location of Robert Island in the South Shetland Islands. Misnomer Point is the ice free tipped point projecting 400 m westwards from the northwest coast of Alfatar Peninsula , Robert Island South Shetland Islands Robert Island in the South Shetland Islands , Antarctica and forming the east side of the entrance to Carlota Cove . The area was visited by early 19th century Seal hunting sealers operating from Clothier Harbour . The feature is named in reference to a previous misnaming when it was identified incorrectly on charts as Cornwall Point , a variant form of the name originally given to nearby Cornwall Island Antarctica Cornwall Island . Location The point is located at coord 62 21 58 S 59 41 24 W which is 1.9 km east northeast of Fort William Robert Island Fort William , 2.7 km south southeast of Cornwall Island, 900 m south of Onogur Islands , 3.55 km south southwest of Hammer Point and 3.23 km north northwest of Debelyanov Point British mapping in 1935, 1948, 1967 and 1968, Argentine in 1957, and Bulgarian in 2009 . See also Alfatar Peninsula Robert Island South Shetland Islands Robert Island Map L.L. Ivanov. http id team.org apc Apcbg Web New files image023.jpg Antarctica Livingston Island and Greenwich, Robert, Snow and Smith Islands . Scale 1 120000 topographic map. Troyan Manfred W rner Foundation, 2009. ISBN 978 954 92032 6 4 References http data.aad.gov.au aadc gaz scar SCAR Composite Antarctic Gazetteer . Category Headlands of Robert Island SouthShetlandIslands geo stub ... more details
Misnomer Dance Theater is a modern dance company based in Brooklyn, New York. Founded in 1998 by Artistic Director and choreographer Chris Elam , Misnomer Dance Theater celebrates the nuances of human ... Chris Elam , Misnomer Dance Theater creates contemporary dances about human relationships ... and conceptual complexity of his performances. Misnomer has performed, researched, and created ... to River Festival. Misnomer has also been named one of the top ten dance performances for 2006 by The New York Times and as one of the 25 to Watch for 2007 by Dance Magazine, Misnomer ... Misnomer continues to partner with institutions locally and abroad in educational outreach. Past engagements ... Conservatory for the Arts in Turkey. Misnomer s aesthetic and extensive online work has led ... . Musical collaborators who have set scores to dances by Misnomer include Andy Teirstein, Scott Killian ... Since Misnomer s inception ten years ago, the company has performed in over 200 theaters across the globe. The following works are part of Misnomer Dance Theater repertory Rock. Paper. Flock .... The piece blends a few processes, including a real time creative process that Misnomer ... in the performance shapes the group. Misnomer envisions the work on a geological time ... and endearing in their ongoing efforts towards reconciliation. br br br Outreach Misnomer leads workshops, gives talks, and teaches extensively. Misnomer has been a guest choreographer at the University ... across the United States and abroad, Misnomer is frequently a featured speaker at various ... Mellon s Technology in the Arts Conference, and the Arts and Business Council of NYC. Misnomer has .... Misnomer also offers programming to companies and universities that use the arts as the basis for developing communication skills, team building, and creative thinking. Misnomer works with theaters ..., and multi disciplinary online collaborations. Misnomer is a leader in audience engagement dance. Misnomer ... more details
Province of Montreal may refer to The Roman Catholic ecclesiastical province of Montreal, see List of Roman Catholic dioceses in North America The Proposal for the Province of Montreal a misnomer from the 19th century for the province of Quebec a misnomer for the district of Montreal in the Canada, New France colony of Canada during the French colonial period Disambig ... more details
Djun djun may refer to a Western misnomer for Dunun djun djun dunun , a cylindrical drum of the Malink people Dundun, an hourglass shaped Talking drum History talking drum of the Yoruba people disambig ... more details
Abuse of language may refer to Abuse of terminology , in mathematics, a use of terminology in a way that is not formally correct but that simplifies exposition or suggests the correct intuition Misnomer , a term which suggests an interpretation that is known to be untrue disambig ... more details
RS 274 D may refer to A version of the G code computer numerical control language, standardized by EIA A misnomer for the original Gerber format , which is technically a subset of RS 274 D disambiguation ... more details
Zand may refer to Zand tribe the Lur Zand dynasty 1773 1794 Zand District , an administrative subdivision of Iran See also Zend Avesta or Zand Avesta the commentaries Zend , or Zand on primary sacred texts of Zoroastrianism see Avesta Zend or Zand language misnomer resultant from a confusion of the commentaries with the Avesta proper see Avestan language disambig ... more details
incompdab date April 2012 mergeto A priori date April 2012 In statistics, the term a priori may be to either a priori probability a priori probability , a form of logical epistemic probability or a misnomer for prior probability , or pre data subjective or logical epistemic probability. disambig cleanup date April 2012 ... more details
Wiktionary peace pipe Peace pipe is a common misnomer for Calumet pipe Calumet , a ceremonial smoking pipe used by some Native American Nations. Peace pipe may also refer to Peace Pipe college football , a college football trophy Peace Pipe , a re title of One World Redbone album One World Redbone album disambig ... more details
Harpers may refer to Harpers, popular misnomer for Harper s Magazine since 1850 , American monthly general interest magazine Harper s Bazaar , monthly American fashion magazine Harpers Magazine trade publication Harpers Magazine trade publication since 1878 , British trade publication Harpers Forgotten Realms Harpers Forgotten Realms , fictional organization in Forgotten Realms games and other media See also Harper s disambiguation Harper disambiguation disambig ... more details
Orphan date February 2009 In theoretical physics , a double scaling limit is a Limit mathematics limit in which the coupling constant is sent to zero while another quantity is sent to zero or infinity at the same moment. The adjective double is a kind of misnomer because the procedure represents an ordinary scaling. However, the adjective is meant to emphasize that two parameters are simultaneously approaching singular values. The double scaling limit is often applied to matrix model s, string theory , and other theories to obtain their simplified versions. Category Theoretical physics phys stub ... more details
Wikify date September 2011 Chris Elam is the artistic director and choreographer of Misnomer dance theater . ref cite web last Alboher first Marci url http www.nytimes.com 2007 09 27 business smallbusiness 27sbiz.html title Headquarters at Home and Proud to Be There New York Times publisher Nytimes.com date 2007 09 27 accessdate 2011 09 19 ref He graduated from Brown University and received his MFA in dance from NYU Tisch. He has been on faculty at Brown University and The State Conservatory for the Arts in Turkey, and has served as guest choreographer at eight universities. Chris Elam s study of traditional dances informs the technical and conceptual complexity of his contemporary choreography. In 1999 Chris spent seven months with a Topeng dance master in Indonesia, training and performing in temple ceremonies. Misnomer accompanied him to Brazil in 2001 to perform and teach. The following year, Chris taught for six months at the Conservatory in Turkey and in 2004 he spent three months in Havana choreographing on DanzAbierta, a national dance company of Cuba. In 2005 he performed in Ireland on a European Cultural City Commission, which led to a commission in Holland in 2006 with the interactive technology group Blue Noise Dept. He creates work about human relationships from a cross cultural and international perspective. His production Throw People Land Flat was well reviewed by The New York Times ref cite web last Rockwell first John url http query.nytimes.com gst fullpage.html ... Misnomer a position as one of 25 to Watch for 2007 in Dance Magazine and a fellowship from the Baryshnikov ... and audience outreach. As part of this initiative, Misnomer is collaborating with film directors to create online videos that transcend the fields of film and dance. Misnomer s on line activities ... of the New York Times. Chris Elam is often asked to speak or give workshops about the Misnomer s choreography ... on Sundance Channel A Radical Experiment, Chris Elam, Misnomer Dance Theater Persondata Metadata see ... more details
An ultrashort pulse laser is a laser that emits ultrashort pulse s of light, generally of the order of femtosecond s to ten picosecond s. Thus they are also known as ultrafast lasers. ref name a.k.a. http www.thefreelibrary.com Hot flashes 2c cold cuts 3a ultrafast lasers give power tools a new edge a094774392 Hot flashes, cold cuts ultrafast lasers give power tools a new edge. , Free Online Library. ref But ultrafast laser is a misnomer, since the speed of light is constant in a given medium. ref name misnomer http www.rp photonics.com ultrashort pulses.html ultrashort pulses, femtosecond, laser , Encyclopedia of Laser Physics and Technology ref File ODIN Ti Sapphire laser in operation.jpg thumb 350px Ultrashort Ti sapphire pulse amplifier ODIN Common current ultrashort pulse laser technologies include Ti sapphire laser s and dye laser s. High output peak power usually requires chirped pulse amplifier chirped pulse amplification of a seed pulse from a Modelocking modelocked laser . Dealing with high optical powers also needs the nonlinear optical phenomena to be taken in account. See also Modelocking Optical parametric amplification Nonlinear optics List of laser articles References Reflist Category Lasers Technology stub ... more details
DCE may refer to Delhi College of Engineering , University of Delhi, India Dalian Commodity Exchange Data circuit terminating equipment , also called Data Communications Equipment or Data Carrier Equipment Cisco s DCE product portfolio Data Center Ethernet Dead code elimination , a kind of compiler optimization Deus Caritas Est , Latin for God is love Distributed Computing Environment , a specification from The Open Group Drum Corps Europe Digital currency exchanger Digital Consumer Enablement , a misnomer for Digital Rights Management Dichloroethene disambiguation , also called dichloroethylene, an organic solvent disambig cs DCE de DCE fr DCE ko DCE it DCE ja DCE pl DCE ... more details
Multiple issues unreferenced June 2010 orphan February 2010 notability October 2011 distinguish Microsoft Access Access , the successor to ENGLISH programming language ENGLISH , is an English language English like query language used in the Pick operating system . The original name ENGLISH is something of a misnomer, as PICK s flexible dictionary structure meant that file and attribute names could be given aliases in any natural language. For instance the command SORT could be given the alias TRIEZ, the file CUSTOMER the alias CLIENT, the attribute BALANCE the alias BILAN and the particle BY the alias PAR. This would allow the database to be interrogated using the French language command string TRIEZ CLIENT PAR BILAN , resulting in a list of customers by balance. FOLDOC Category Query languages prog lang stub ... more details
The National Democratic Alliance is a name used by political parties of several countries National Democratic Alliance for Egypt National Democratic Alliance India National Democratic Alliance Georgia National Democratic Alliance Iraq National Democratic Alliance Israel a common misnomer for the Balad political party National Democratic Assembly National Democratic Alliance Italy defunct party National Democratic Alliance Kuwait National Democratic Alliance Malawi National Democratic Alliance Sierra Leone National Democratic Alliance Sudan National Democratic Alliance Trinidad & Tobago disambig de Nationale Demokratische Allianz ... more details
Quikinna qu or Kutkinnaku is a chief deity of the Koryaks Koryak mythology, part of the wider Siberian mythology . Quikinna qu is depicted as a shapeshifting god or spirit that taught humans to hunt, fish and make fire. Name Quikinna qu and Kutkinnaku are terms of the Koryak language , which mean big raven . Quikinna qu is also known by the names Acicenaqu which means big grandfather and Tenantomwan , which means creator . ref name Czaplicka2008 cite book last Czaplicka first M. A. title Shamanism in Siberia url http books.google.com books?id lNSYad19U4MC&pg PA132 accessdate 15 October 2010 date 2008 08 18 publisher BiblioBazaar, LLC isbn 9780554298689 page 132 ref The name Tenantomwan is a misnomer, because Quikinna qu isn t a creator deity . Sources reflist Category Siberian deities ... more details
Unreferenced date December 2009 In microbiology , flora plural floras or flor refers to the collective bacteria and other microorganism s in an ecosystem e.g., some part of the body of an animal Host biology host . While the term microflora is common, it is technically a misnomer since flora pertains to the Kingdom biology kingdom Plantae. Some textbooks now use the term microbiota . Microorganism s with animal like characteristics are classed as microfauna . See also Ecology Exogenous bacteria Flora plants Gut flora Human flora List of human flora DEFAULTSORT Flora Microbiology Category Bacteriology Category Microbiology terms Bacteria stub cs Mikrofl ra fr Microbiote kk pl Mikroflora ru sl Mikroflora uk ... more details
Devil Dance is a misnomer describing the ritual dance performed on the eve of Losar , the Tibetan people Tibetan new year Fact date June 2009 . The actual name of the dance is Chhaam which is performed with elaborate costumes and masks. This dance is done to commemorate the assassination of the cruel Tibetan king, Langdarma in the 9th century Common Era CE . It is a dance symbolising the victory of good over evil. ref cite web url http shubhyatra.com himachal pradesh lossar.html title Lossar Festival archiveurl http replay.waybackmachine.org 20080120154519 http www.shubhyatra.com himachal pradesh lossar.html archivedate 2008 01 20 ref References reflist Category New Year celebrations Category Tibetan culture Category Winter traditions Tibet stub ... more details
ENU or Enu may mean ENU N ethyl N nitrosourea , a mutagen Akanu Ibiam International Airport , an airport in Enugu , Nigeria with IATA code ENU English USA , a synonym for American English especially in software packages, and in Microsoft Windows Europol National Unit, a part of the Europol structure Enu, one of the Bissagos Islands , Guinea Bissau Enu, an Islands of Indonesia island in Indonesia East, North, Up coordinates, a local Geodetic system Local east.2C north.2C up .28ENU.29 coordinates Earth based coordinate system Eastern Nazarene University, a common misnomer for the Eastern Nazarene College disambig References http msdn2.microsoft.com en us library system.globalization.cultureinfo.threeletterwindowslanguagename.aspx CultureInfo.ThreeLetterWindowsLanguageName Property es ENU it ENU nl ENU ... more details
Taxobox image regnum Animal ia phylum Arthropod a classis Insect a ordo Lepidoptera familia Crambidae genus Aulacophora genus authority Swinhoe, 1895 ref cite web url http globiz.pyraloidea.org Pages Reports TaxonReport.aspx title global Pyraloidea database publisher Globiz.pyraloidea.org date accessdate 2011 10 11 ref synonyms Aulacoptera small Hampson, 1896 small Aulacophora is a genus of moth s of the Crambidae family. Species Aulacophora fuscinervalis small Swinhoe, 1895 small Aulacophora philippinensis small Hampson, 1912 small Aulacophora is a species of beetles.The species has already been described in Wikipedia. The Current page, describing Aulacophora as a genera of moths has to be a misnomer. Please verify the original source. References Reflist Category Pyraustinae Pyraustinae stub nl Aulacophora vi Aulacophora ... more details
Umezu is a Japanese word. It may refer to a surname, spelled wiktionary Japanese wiktionary Japanese or , or it may have other meanings. People Hideyuki Umezu born 1955 , a veteran seiy who was born in Aichi Kazuo Umezu born 1936 , an author of Japanese horror manga Kazutoki Umezu born 1949 , a Japanese jazz saxophonist Yoshijir Umezu 1882&ndash 1949 , a general in the Imperial Japanese Army in World War II Other Umezu , the brine produced when preparing umeboshi although the term translates as plum vinegar , it is a misnomer. See also He Umezu Agreement , a secret agreement between the Empire of Japan and the Republic of China concluded on 10 June 1935 surname de Umezu ... more details
marketing Globalize date January 2012 Chemical free or chemical free is a term used in marketing to imply that a product is safe, healthy or environmentally friendly because it only contains natural ingredient s. The term is a misnomer, as nothing that physically exists is free of chemicals. This misuse of the term chemical in advertising and the tolerance of its misuse by the United Kingdom s Advertising Standards Authority United Kingdom Advertising Standards Authority have been the subject of criticism. ref http www.cosmosmagazine.com node 2379 full ref ref http www.guardian.co.uk science blog 2008 aug 06 dodgyscienceintvadverts ref References references DEFAULTSORT Chemical Free Category Marketing techniques marketing stub ... more details
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